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Monument to the Ettrick Shepherd

📷 Eileen Henderson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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Visiting this summer

Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now

🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Goldeneye
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

🌤️ Visiting this summer

🐦85+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Mallard and Goldeneye
✦Historic character is a year-round quality here — summer brings its own atmosphere to the setting
🐕Dogs welcome — bring water in summer; the site has enough space to find shade on hot days

Good to know

🐕Dogs welcome

Best for

6 activities

Bird watching

Very strong match

Birds — Mallard, Goldeneye, Raven +82 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Mallard, Goldeneye, Raven +82 more · last seen 2025

Free

Wildlife

Very strong match

Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals; Multi-group wildlife — Birds, Mammals

Free

Seasonal nature

Strong match

Plants — American Skunk-cabbage, Bilberry, Great Wood-rush +144 more · last seen 2022; Plants — American Skunk-cabbage, Bilberry, Great Wood-rush +144 more · last seen 2022

Free

Heritage

Strong match

Historic site

Free

Insect spotting

Good match

Insects — Green-veined White, Ringlet, Small Heath +7 more · last seen 2018; Insects — Green-veined White, Ringlet, Small Heath +7 more · last seen 2018

Free

Foraging

Good match

Plants — Bilberry, Sheep's Sorrel, Great Scented Liverwort +1 more foraging species

Varies

Trails nearby

Within roughly 5 km

🚶

Walking

1 signed route nearby

Signed route nearby

Southern Upland Way (Section A - Portpatrick to Melrose)Walking route

Named routePoint-to-pointNational walking route

🚴

Cycling

2 signed routes nearby

Signed route nearby

Innerleithen Blue RouteCycling route67 km

Named routeRef blueLength 67 kmRound tripLocal cycle route

Border LoopCycling route

Named routeRef BLRound tripRegional cycle route

Wildlife to spot

2,191 records · National Biodiversity Network

Wildlife to spot

2,191 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

springsummer

2025

Mallard · Raven · Goldeneye · Common Gull · Common Sandpiper +58

MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
RavenCorvus corax
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
SwiftApus apus2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
Great TitParus major2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2022
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2022

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Mammals3 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023

🌿

Plants3 species

summer

2023

American Skunk-cabbage · Snowdrop · Japanese Knotweed

American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus2022
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

2,191 records · National Biodiversity Network

🐦

Birds63 species

springsummer

2025

Mallard · Raven · Goldeneye · Common Gull · Common Sandpiper +58

MallardAnas platyrhynchos2024
RavenCorvus corax
GoldeneyeBucephala clangula2024
Common GullLarus canus2024
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucos2024
GoosanderMergus merganser2024
Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus2024
Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata2024
ChaffinchFringilla coelebs2024
WrenTroglodytes troglodytes2024
SwallowHirundo rustica2024
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegus2024
CuckooCuculus canorus2024
Pink-footed GooseAnser brachyrhynchus2024
BlackcapSylvia atricapilla2024
Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus2024
House SparrowPasser domesticus2024
Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus2024
Greylag GooseAnser anser2024
Tawny OwlStrix aluco
SiskinSpinus spinus2024
WoodpigeonColumba palumbus2024
House MartinDelichon urbicum2024
Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia2024
Song ThrushTurdus philomelos2024
Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis2024
Grey HeronArdea cinerea2023
StarlingSturnus vulgaris2023
BlackbirdTurdus merula2023
CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo2023
Tree PipitAnthus trivialis2023
PeregrineFalco peregrinus
NuthatchSitta europaea
Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis2024
StonechatSaxicola rubicola2024
GreenfinchChloris chloris2024
Carrion CrowCorvus corone2024
GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis2024
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus2024
DipperCinclus cinclus2024
ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita2024
Lesser RedpollAcanthis flammea cabaret2023
SwiftApus apus2023
Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major2023
Garden WarblerSylvia borin2023
JackdawColoeus monedula2023
Sand MartinRiparia riparia2023
Great TitParus major2023
LinnetLinaria cannabina2023
Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea2023
RobinErithacus rubecula2023
Long-tailed TitAegithalos caudatus2023
Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus2023
Pied WagtailMotacilla alba yarrellii2023
WhinchatSaxicola rubetra2023
RedwingTurdus iliacus2023
Stock DoveColumba oenas2023
CrossbillLoxia curvirostra2023
Mute SwanCygnus olor2022
JayGarrulus glandarius2022
Long-eared OwlAsio otus2022

🦌

Mammals3 species

springsummerautumn

2025

Red Squirrel · Brown Hare · Grey Squirrel

Red SquirrelSciurus vulgaris
Brown HareLepus europaeus2024
Grey SquirrelSciurus carolinensis2023

🌿

Plants3 species

summer

2023

American Skunk-cabbage · Snowdrop · Japanese Knotweed

American Skunk-cabbageLysichiton americanus2022
SnowdropGalanthus nivalis
Japanese KnotweedReynoutria japonica2022

Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas

Wildlife to spot

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📷 Eileen Henderson · Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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